Recent Federal Bills

Below are summaries of Bills Introduced, Committee Reports, Chamber Actions, and Public Laws reported in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update.

would modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in South Dakota.

would designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek in Delaware and Pennsylvania as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

would modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument.

would designate the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the state of Oregon and designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks as wild rivers.

would establish the First State National Historical Park in the state of Delaware.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey two parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway to the state of Mississippi.

would reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir.

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower Mississippi River Area in the state of Louisiana as a unit of the National Park System.

would amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.